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I think it fits with his character.This isn't really about money, the business, or staying out of jail. It's about ego and power.This doesn't fly with me the way Walt's character has been going. He's obsessed with making the business work, not the family, and Skyler is just causing problems. Even if he still loves her it makes more sense to put their relationship on hold for a while until he can re-establish everything and insulate himself like Gus did.Because he thought he could make it work. Skyler just this episode give him the indication that under no circumstances would she allow them to be with him. He's just taken that information to heart.HELLO EXACTLY! She filed for divorce on him, banged another guy, and is now a mopey #####. Why is he still there? He was just fine when they were separated. Divorce. Move them somewhere. Send money. Visit the kids every so often.Why the hell is Walt even staying at home? Skyler hates him and his kids are at Hank's. Just go back to an apartment.
Walt isn't Gus. On a number of occasions (Challenger, telling Hank that Heisenberg is still out there), he's done things that make no sense for someone simply trying to grow a drug empire without getting caught.
His ego gets the best of him sometimes, and this is just another example of that. He's ####### Heisenberg. He will have it all. He will win. He sure as hell isn't going to let his wife kick him out of his own house again.